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Drama Teachers and Theatre Directors
From the foks that brought you Real-World Theatre Education
"Whether an educator is just beginning or needs a refresher course, this book is a valuable asset, providing an overview of safety protocols, equipment, systems, lesson plans and insightful tips. With the practical (and often humorous) voice of experience, Rome helps theatre educators plan and prepare technical theatre projects, and avoid crucial errors. I wish this had been available when I first started teaching!" - Zoe Dillard, Real-World Theatre Education
Teaching Tech You Never Learned
All the Basics
$47.00
8 months of hands-on learning backstage skills
This is an 8 month program of hands-on, activity-based learning. Themed units anchor the learning as students explore theatre safety, stage lighting, sound, set, costumes, makeup, publicity, and much more!
Designed for the drama teacher with a minimum of technical training or experience of their own, this text provides all the information you need to get the ball rolling, plus handouts, projects and grading rubrics.
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Welcome to Teaching Tech You Never Learned
Are you ready for 190 days of learning?
From the co-author of Real-World Theatre Education, this is a new techncal theatre curriculum. Fast, thorough, easy, and affordable.
Teaching Tech You Never Learned is a 9 unit curriculum designed to introduce theatre students to a variety of technical skills in a fun and exciting way. This program is project-based, hands-on, and most can be done at home. School year already begun? Teaching Tech is “evergreen” so you can start this program at any point in the year!
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- This program is not time consuming. Each day takes about 45 minutes. You can do one a week.
- This program is not sit, listen, take notes. These activities are all about designing, doing and creating.
- This program is not going to cost you an arm and a leg to set up. Most supplies are readiy available.
What classes is Teaching Tech You Never Learned designed for?
Teaching Tech is designed for adding tech into a Theatre Arts 1 class. The program is incredibly open-ended and full of opportunities to adjust the level of activities to meet the needs of your specific class.
Saddled with a combined Acting-Tech class? The book has a curriculum for handling that, too.
There are also sections for a regular Tech Theatre class and for enhancing your theatre productions as well.
What is Teaching Tech... ?
It’s a curriculum workbook built on simple, engaging, and activity-based learning. Each unit includes basic background information, terms, projects and a grading rubric, so it’s a 100+ page workbook with a full year of activities.
Plus, you can teach these weekly, in a semester or all year-long. Got actors and techies mixed together? There's a plan included for just such a combo curriculum. And for a regular tech class, there are advanced projects, too. Finally, you'll get valuable information for enhancing your theatre productions as well.
Here’s a look at the skills your students will be able to work with:
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Set Design
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Stage Lighting
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Sound
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Costumes
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Makeup
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Props
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Painting
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Publicity
Theatre Arts is so much more than just learning acting and theatre history. It’s about building "context" knowledge of key skills and information that will help round out your students' knowledge of what it takes to make theatre. These topics introduce your students to so many important and new skills and concepts, ones they may not have had exposure to yet. You may have future IATSE members right under your nose!
Table of Contents
Introduction
Theatre Basics and Safety
Teaching tech if you're not a techie
Priorities
Theatre Arts 1 Tech Theatre Information and Lessons
Getting Started – Putting the frog in the pot
Year-at-a-Glance Overview – Weekly session version
Year-at-a-Glance Overview – Four quarter version
Stage Makeup
Old age makeup demo
Student design work and Practicum
Review sheet and quiz
Sound
Purpose and Components
Troubleshooting
Types of microphones & accessories
Sound board operation and quiz/answer key
Sound effects
Safety
Lighting
Parts and Types of lights
Lighting system and Basic Lighting Design
Lighting Design Practicum
Review sheet and quiz
Set Design Model
Background information
Project description
Grading rubrics
Information Scavenger Hunt
Costume Design
Background information
Project description
Grading rubrics
Props
Information Scavenger Hunt
Running Crew Relay Race
Purpose
Preparation
Procedure
Additional lessons
Blog
Website
Webquest
Technical Theatre 1-4
Sample Syllabus for Technical Theatre 1-4
Stage Lighting Equipment Practicum
Set Construction
Acting-Tech Combination Class Lessons
Overview
ADDIE process and Q-CARD rubric
Actors/Techies’ Script Analysis
Voice/Sound
Movement/Lighting
Auditioning/Publicity and Marketing
Characterization/Costumes
Stage Business/Props
Acting/Designing for different stage spaces
Makeup/Paint
Upgrading the Tech in Your Shows
Raising the tech bar
Front-loading
Delegation and leadership
Accountability and planning
Tech Equipment, Tips and Tricks
Lighting
Sound
Set
Props
Costumes
Makeup
Scene painting
Design
Running Crew
Conclusion
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"This is a nuts and bolts handbook that will walk an educator through the academic year, preparing them for both curricular and extra-curricular demands. It's more than just a checklist. It is a reality check in the best possible way: an honest, thorough guide to growig a successful theatre education program." - Mary Lechter, Head of Theatre Education, George Mson University
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